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2025 Annual Project Management & Oversight Benchmarking Report

April 24, 2025

Overview BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program is a premier industry tool, purpose-built to help built world innovators learn, measure, and make decisions related to technology solutions, research & development, and innovation strategies across more than 32 technology areas. The Annual Project Management & Oversight Benchmarking Report delves into five essential areas of […]

2025 Annual Sustainable Jobsites Benchmark Report

March 16, 2025

Overview This is the third 2025 benchmarking report built as a part of the BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program, the purpose-built tool that BuiltWorlds has developed to bring together innovators, technologists and providers to learn, understand the market, and drive the industry forward.   The Sustainable Jobsites Benchmarking Report will delve into […]

2025 Annual Preconstruction Benchmarking Report

February 19, 2025

Overview BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program is a premier industry tool, purpose-built to help built world innovators learn, measure, and make decisions related to technology solutions, research & development, and innovation strategies across more than 32 technology areas. The Annual Preconstruction Benchmarking Report delves into six essential areas of the preconstruction phase, […]

2025 Annual Building Tech Benchmarking Report

February 12, 2025

Overview BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program is the premier industry tool purpose-built to help built world innovators learn, measure, and make decisions related to technology solutions, research & development, and innovation strategies across more than 32 technology areas. The Annual Building Tech Benchmarking Report dives deep into four major planning and design […]

2024 Annual Venture & Investments Report

January 20, 2025

Table of Contents Introduction Overarching Built Environment Venture Trends Macro Landscape U.S. Construction Spending European Construction Volume Interest Rates Investment Trends by Stage Geographic Segmentation Investment Trends by Country Investment Trends by City Investment Trends Segmented by BuiltWorlds’ Technology Subcategory Tech Classification System  Construction Tech Building Tech Infrastructure Tech AI/ML […]

Q3 2024 Venture Report: State of Built World Venture Markets

October 14, 2024

Table of Contents Introduction Macro Narrative: U.S. Construction Data Overarching Built Environment Venture Trends Investment Trends by Stage Average Round Size Investment Trends by Country Investment Trends by Technology Category Infrastructure Tech Building Tech Construction Tech AI/ML Institutional Activity Fund Launches M&A/Exits Summary Introduction Venture activity across the built environment […]

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Top Lists

BuiltWorlds 2025 Project Software Top 50 List

2025 Project Software Top 50 List

April 18, 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Project Software Top 50! The Project Software Top 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2025 Project Software Survey data, direct industry research, member […]

BuiltWordsl 2025 Sustainable Jobstites Top 50

2025 Sustainable Jobsites Top 50

March 24, 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Sustainable Jobsites Top 50, derived from a combination of the 2025 Sustainable Jobsite Survey responses, direct industry research, member conversations and feedback, and case studies. The […]

2025 Preconstruction Tech Top 50 List

February 26, 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Preconstruction Tech Top 50 List! The Preconstruction 50 List was derived from a combination of BuiltWorlds’ 2025 Preconstruction Benchmarking Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations […]

2025 Building Tech Top 50 List

February 18, 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Building Tech Top 50! The Building Tech Top 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2025 Building Tech Survey data, direct industry research, member […]

2024 Top 50 Venture & Investment Deals

January 28, 2025

Welcome to the 2024 Top 50 Venture & Investment Deals List! The list highlights the top publicly disclosed private capital deals driving technology adoption in the built environment: venture capital […]

2024 Global Innovators 75

December 19, 2024

Welcome to the fifth annual 2024 Global Innovators 75! A lot has changed in five years… Initiatives to unlock innovation within large companies, such as Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arms, […]

News & Analysis

Articles & Feature Stories that cover the latest news & trending topics
Founders of MatBook

Formwork Labs Alum Secures $750K Pre-Seed Round to Transform Material Procurement

MatBook, a materials procurement startup and alum of Formworks Lab Spring 2024 cohort, has secured $750,000 in pre-seed funding to address volatility in the global construction materials market. The round was led by Seedstars International Ventures, Fluent Ventures, and Everywhere Ventures, with support from angel investors affiliated with Autodesk and […]

Women wearing white hardhats visit an active jobsite for the construction of a building.

Designing Smart Buildings: A Q+A with The Designers Group Founder and CEO Blima Ehrentreu

The Designers Group (TDG) began in Toronto, Canada in 2009, with the goal of creating a firm that would integrate “design with purpose,” ensuring that every space enhances the lives of the people using it. First working on residential projects, the firm quickly grew to include projects in the commercial, […]

DPR leaders George Pfeffer and Atul Khanzode on stage at Venture West by BuiltWorlds

WND Ventures Charts New Direction to Accelerate AEC Innovation at Venture West

In a fireside chat at the recent Venture West event in San Francisco, DPR CEO George Pfeffer and CTO Atul Khanzode sat down with BuiltWorlds Senior Director of Research Tyler Sewall to share a new vision for the company’s strategic venture arm WND Ventures. “For 35 years, DPR has been […]

PRESS RELEASE: BuiltWorlds Appoints Rosemarie Lipman as CEO

BuiltWorlds names Rosemarie Lipman as new CEO alongside growth capital investment BuiltWorlds, a leading research platform, providing insights, advisory services, networking, and conferences in service to the buildings and infrastructure industries, today officially announced the appointment of Rosemarie Lipman, a long-time industry business and technology leader, as chief executive officer, effective […]

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Analyst Call Takeaways – Sustainable Jobsites I: Streamlining Reporting, Compliance and Sustainable Execution

The first sustainability-focused Analyst Call of the year took place yesterday. The timing of the call was fortuitous, coming right on the heels of the 2025 Sustainable Jobsites Annual Benchmarking Report and Sustainable Jobsites Top 50 List. During the call, we had the pleasure of sitting down with two of […]

Builtworlds investor of the year awards

2024 Investor of the Year Finalists Announced

The BuiltWorlds Investor of the Year Awards are a celebration of investment in innovation. Across five categories, we comb through submissions, nominations, and publicly-available data to determine the venture capitalists (VCs) and corporate VCs that are doing the most to advance technological innovation throughout the buildings and infrastructure construction industries. […]

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Analyst Calls & Videos

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Convergence of Video Gaming Tech and Uses in the Built Environment | Engage

Our Engage event showcased the convergence of video gaming tech and its many uses in the built environment.

EngageCivil – Kelsey Taylor | AEC Hackathon 2015

Principal of EngageCivil, Kelsey Taylor presents on engineering projects through history and where they are heading.

Thomas Haun- PrecisionHawk | Robots to the Rescue

VP Strategy & Globalization for PrecisionHawk dropped serious knowledge for us at our Robots to the Rescue event.

Presentations | Mobile Apps + Construction

At our Mobile Apps + Construction event, BW explored the present and future of the mobile jobsite.

Paul Doherty | AEC Hackathon 2015

His presentation included a wide range of topics from driverless transportation, Big Data, and the construction of Saudia Arabia’s Kingdom Tower, among others.

Highlights | Cloud Coverage

Cloud computing. The jobsites of today have readily adapted this technology. On July 30th, BW brought in the heavy-hitters to take a further look.